There are 84,000 people working in the creative industries in Scotland and their diverse influence is now being recognised.
Scotland's arts and creative industries were too often overlooked when it came to assessing their contribution to the nation's economy. Real jobs were in building ships, manufacturing products or even the financial services, not playing the violin, curating an exhibition or sitting behind a sound desk in a recording studio.
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